Old Man Range, 16 - 17 July 2011

We were oh so excited after the first proper snowfall of the year, we could not resist going on 48km romp over the Old Man Range and the Old Woman Range. We snow-shoed up the Omeo Gully Track to the Obelisk Range, navigated our way past the Obelisk in a decent southerly storm, then followed the compass down into the headwaters of Fraser Creek. Darkness and fog prevented us from finding Nicholsons Hut. When we saw it the next morning, we realized we had walked twice within 20m of it... On Sunday, we continued west onto the Old Woman Range, descended past Boundary Hut to the site of the Old Gold Works in Fraser Creek, then walked past The Sisters and sidled onto the northern end of the Obelisk Range, which we followed to just south of Prospect Hill. We completed the loop via Fraser Dam Road. Party: Robert Schadewinkel, Nina Dickerhof, Nick Phillips, Danilo Hegg